Because of trade many diseases broke out in many societies. Bubonic plague affected Asia Europe and North Africa.
Bubonic Plague
a.Global cooling called "the little ice age" caused agricultural decline and lead to famine and starvation.
b.Bubonic plague was spread from ticks and infested rodents and affected most of China and Yunnan region.
c.Mongols, merchants and travelers helped spread bubonic plague throughout the Mediterranean basin and western Europe.
d.Black swelling and inflammation were symptoms of bubonic plague and is how it got its name. Killed 60 to 70 percent of victims. Wiped out populations.
e.Colder regions such as Scandinavia and Northern Europe and India escaped the Bubonic plague's effects, because the bacteria couldn't survive.
f.Took more then a century for empires hit by the plague to recover previous population.
g.The plague took many lives which caused massive labor shortages and social unrest.
h. Many workers and peasants tried to move away from the plague but landlords and political authorities made them stay. This caused social unrest and revolt.
i.By the seventeenth century the plague died down and didn't destory human populations. Since the 1940s antibiotic drugs have brought epidemics largely under control. Still outbreaks within rodents today.
(KH)
(Extra Info KR)
Crisis and Bubonic Plague (576-579)
Crisis and Recovery
Because of trade many diseases broke out in many societies. Bubonic plague affected Asia Europe and North Africa.Bubonic Plague
a.Global cooling called "the little ice age" caused agricultural decline and lead to famine and starvation.b.Bubonic plague was spread from ticks and infested rodents and affected most of China and Yunnan region.
c.Mongols, merchants and travelers helped spread bubonic plague throughout the Mediterranean basin and western Europe.
d.Black swelling and inflammation were symptoms of bubonic plague and is how it got its name. Killed 60 to 70 percent of victims. Wiped out populations.
e.Colder regions such as Scandinavia and Northern Europe and India escaped the Bubonic plague's effects, because the bacteria couldn't survive.
f.Took more then a century for empires hit by the plague to recover previous population.
g.The plague took many lives which caused massive labor shortages and social unrest.
h. Many workers and peasants tried to move away from the plague but landlords and political authorities made them stay. This caused social unrest and revolt.
i.By the seventeenth century the plague died down and didn't destory human populations. Since the 1940s antibiotic drugs have brought epidemics largely under control. Still outbreaks within rodents today.
(KH)
(Extra Info KR)
"Certain forms of the plague can be spread from human to human. When someone with pneumonic plague coughs, microscopic droplets carrying the infection move through the air. Anyone who breathes in these particles may catch the disease. An epidemic may be started this way. In the Middle Ages, massive plague epidemics killed millions of people."-https://health.google.com/health/ref/Plague
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